Published in 1848, 'The Kellys and the O'Kellys' is one of Anthony Trollope's earliest novels. Set in Ireland, it tells the story of two branches of the Kelly family, one wealthy and Protestant, the other poor and Catholic. When the two families become entangled in a legal dispute, their longstanding rivalry threatens to tear them apart. This satirical and entertaining novel is a classic of 19th-century fiction.

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